On 17th February, indie-rock band The Maratones’ new album was released. What made this release different from any other preceding it was that it was the first for new Exeter record label PsychoBabble Records. Sam Bigwood - an Enterprise Academy student at Exeter College - created it to promote local music and to help bands struggling to record or release their music.
Three members of the Exeter Chiefs took on the challenge to bake and decorate 1,000 cup cakes to show their support for Red Nose Day 2013, and inspire everyone to get out the cake mix to raise money.
Today (Thursday Feb 28) prop Carl Rimmer and hookers Jack Yeandle and Chris Whitehead rose to the occasion and made more than a half-baked attempt at cooking Red Nose Day inspired cupcakes to encourage the people of Exeter to raise funds with their own baking skills on Friday 15 March.
And after a morning’s baking with Exeter College catering students, including Emma Wakeley,...
Celebrating 2012’s success, the City of Exeter has joined forces and mounted an inward investment campaign. ‘Expect success: Invest in Exeter’ brings together key business leaders who are passionate about living, working and running a business in Exeter.
2012 has seen the City’s Museum, University and F.E College all win prestigious UK wide awards, citing them as top of the UK’s offerings. This week, a delegation boarded the First Great Western Exeter St Davids to Paddington, train to unveil the campaign at Paddington Station. The campaign will take place across 10 London...
The heat will be turned up on curry chefs in Exeter and Teignbridge this week in an attempt to find out who can rustle up the best balti.
Ten of Exeter and Teignbridge's finest curry chefs will be putting their best dishes to the test on Wednesday (20 February) at @34 Restaurant, Exeter College. At stake will be the prestigious title of Exeter & Teignbridge Curry Chef of the Year 2013. This year for the first time, Exeter City Council has joined forces with Teignbridge District Council to combine the event.
Contestants have two hours to prepare and serve a curry, a...
Exeter College has been ranked the best performing further education college in Greater Devon for the third year running in the latest league tables released by the Government for students studying level 3 courses, using total points score per student and average points per exam – the key measures used by the media.
The new government league tables have become far more detailed and complicated, but what has not changed is the essential ingredient that is required to progress to further study, employment or University.
Exeter College is delighted that 92% of students on...
A new specialist maths Free School approved by Education Secretary Michael Gove will be a regional centre of excellence preparing students for rigorous degrees.
An aspiring chef training at the Michael Caines Academy is the first student to open up his own restaurant in Exeter.
Second year student, Ryan Mell, will be opening up his dream restaurant “The Salty Pigeon” on 22nd January 2013, at 29 Magdalen Road, Exeter.
The student, who is a local from Exeter, sees this as a great business opportunity and is hoping to bring the community exciting food, job opportunities for the local people and his ‘salty’ pigeon.
The Salty Pigeon is a 30 seat restaurant which will consist of a variety of food ranging from local to exotic...
The Exeter Daily asked Emily Furness, a student at the Journalism Academy at Exeter College, how she thought the Leveson Report might affect her and her peers as journalists in the future...
The systematic creation of new and better apprenticeships was cited as one of the key pillars of a fundamentally better economy and better society by Andrew Adonis, labour peer and former education minister and transport secretary in a visit to a local further education college last week.
Lord Adonis – noted for his controversial support for Michael Gove and academies – was opening Exeter College's new £8.5million pound Technology Centre in front of business and education partners as well as staff and students and he was critical of the role the public sector and his own former...
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